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Today will undoubtedly go down in FÍF’s history books. The indoor meet Stórmót IR in Reykjavík began today, and athletes from Treysti, Bragdið and Hvirlan have travelled over to compete. The competitions take place on Saturday and Sunday.
The astonishing thing that happened today is that no fewer than 15 new indoor records were set. Something that has never happened before, and that will hardly ever happen again. It is encouraging to see the progress, and not least to see young, nimble Faroese athletes with medals around their necks in the grand hall in Reykjavík. Our athletes won no fewer than six events, finished second four times and third eight times!
Naturally, a large number of age-group records have also fallen. But let’s dive into the Faroese records:
Long jump women:
This morning the record stood at 4.40 m. Birita Ryan of Treysti competed in the girls 14 category. She improved the Faroese record twice, first to 4.49 and then to 4.59. Later in the day Margit W. Fríðmundsdóttir competed in the girls 16-17 category. She first moved the record out to 4.75, then 4.81, and finally she jumped 4.93 metres, which is now the standing indoor record. This is 8 cm longer than the outdoor record, which Margit herself set in Kópavogur last summer.
High jump women
This morning the record stood at 1.40 m. The two talented Bragdið girls, Bára Jógvansdóttir Glerfoss and Hervør Niclasen, performed very well in the girls 13 competition, where they finished second and third. During the competition the two of them set Faroese senior records three times between them! Hervør was the first to clear 1.44 and 1.47, which also became her final result. But Bára managed one more height, clearing 1.50 m on her third and final attempt. She therefore holds the new Faroese indoor record of 1.50 metres. This is two centimetres higher than Edna Maria Debes’s outdoor record.
60 m women
This morning the record was 8.51 seconds. Elisabet Holm Simonsen, who competes in the girls 15 category, won bronze today and at the same time set a new Faroese record of 8.50 seconds. Then the women ran. In the first heat was Hildur Poulsen, who had held the record beforehand. She took the record back by 1/100 sec when she ran 8.49 seconds. But only moments later it was Alda Sigurðardóttir Lamhauge who finally took the record with 8.41 sec.
200 m women
Margit Weihe Fríðmundsdóttir didn’t just take the long jump record. In the 200 m she also managed to set a Faroese record by running 27.53 sec. Margit also holds the outdoor record in the 200 m
1500 m women
Many of us remember the Icelandic television footage of Bjørk Herup Olsen winning the 1,500 metres at Reykjavík International in 2010, when, after being well behind, she won in the end by just a handful of 100ths of a second and set a fine Faroese record. That record then stood until today, when Rebekka Fuglø confirmed her very good form. Running solo all the way, she won gold and set a new Faroese record of 4:36.19 – about 1 second slower than her own outdoor record. This is currently the second-best time in the Kingdom in 2016!
Triple jump men
What can you say?? This morning the record belonged to the outstanding athlete Øssur Debes Eiriksfoss and stood at 14.05 metres. But tonight we write 14.45 metres!! It is the just 17-year-old Tórur Mortensen who today has triple jumped further than any other Faroese athlete has ever jumped, because this was also further than Øssur’s outdoor record. Øssur set that record when he won silver at the Island Games in Bermuda. Tórur actually set two records, because before the 14.45 he also jumped 14.12 metres.
Tórur won silver at both the Danish and the Icelandic senior championships last summer. Here Tórur wins gold at the Danish youth championships last summer.
With this incredible result Tórur finished almost a full metre ahead of the best Icelander! He has also added almost a full metre to his best jump of 2015. And back then he was even selected to represent the Danish U20 national team. So there is little doubt that this result will be noticed in places other than the Faroe Islands and Iceland. He is currently number one on the Danish rankings for 2016!
As always, Tórur’s coach filmed the jump, which can be seen at this YouTube link:
Gold medallists today:
Tórur Mortensen, triple jump
Rebekka Fuglø, 1500 m
Oddvør Josephsen, 800 m
Maria Biskopstø, 1500 m
Vibeka Sivertsen, 600 m
Julian Gregersen, 1500 m
Silver medallists today:
Óluva Allansdóttir Joensen, shot put
Bára Jógvansdóttir Glerfoss, high jump
Hans Sivertsen, 800 m
Gunnar Sivertsen, 1500 m
Bronze medallists today:
Birita Ryan, long jump
Hervør Niclasen, high jump
Elisabet Holm Simonsen, 60 m
Jan Elmar Sørensen, 1500 m
Hans Erland Thomsen, 600 m
Andreas Bjarnastein Antoft, 60 m
Andreas Bjarnastein Antoft, long jump
Sára Debesardóttir, triple jump
The competitions continue on Sunday, and we wish everyone the best of luck!
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